Overview
- A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi said the fabrication of judicial orders is a direct assault on the institution and cannot be treated as routine cybercrime.
- Notices were issued to the Ministry of Home Affairs, the CBI, the Haryana government and the Ambala Cyber Crime unit, and Attorney General R. Venkataramani was asked to assist.
- The case is registered as SMW (Crl.) 3/2025, titled “In Re: Victims of Digital Arrest Related to Forged Documents.”
- The trigger complaint alleges a 73-year-old Ambala woman and her husband were coerced via video and WhatsApp calls to transfer over ₹1 crore, with some reports citing losses of ₹1.5 crore.
- The court sought status reports on the FIRs and noted forged PMLA “freeze” and other orders, with the next hearing reported for October 27.